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-w. H. GEORGE. PERA'HNG MECHANISM FOR WASHING MACHINES. v APPLCATION FIl-.ED DE`C. 10. 19|4.

1,154,008. Patented Sept. 21, 1915.

575?! n Zly ffl/775 W. H. GEORGE.

OPERATING MECHANISM FOR WASHING MACHINES.

APPllCATlON FILED DEC. l0. 1914 2 SHEETS-SHEE12.

1,154.008. Patented sept. 21, 1915.

@Mmw-w UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEIoE.

- WILLIAM H/GEOEGE, OEEAIBFIELD, IoWA, AssIGNOE To THE I'JEX'IEE-c'goMzPA'N'ir` Orf-FAIRFIELD, IOWA, A CORPORATION OF IOWA.

OPERATING nEcIIANIsM- FOB. WASHING-MACHINES.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatI, WILLIAM H. GEORGE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident ofFair-eld, in the county of Jefferson and State of- Iowa, have invented. certain new -and useful Improvements inl OperatingVA Mechanism for Washing-Machines; and I 'do-1 hereby declare that the Vfollowing is a Ifull, clear, and exact description thereof,

reference being had to the. accompanying drawings, and to the lettersof reference marked thereon, which form apart of this.

specification.

This invention relates to improvements in -operating mechanism for washing machines and the like and consists of the matters hereinafter described'and more particularly7 pointed out in the appended claim. The invention is Shown applied lhereln to a washing machine of the vacuum pounder A and economical constructionalid which may -in the plane of the operating shaft.

be easily and at the same time efiiciently'operated to produce the required movement of the operating shaft.

The advantages of 'my construction will appear more clearly as I proceed with my specication.

In'the drawings: Figure 1 is a View representing a front elevation cfa washing machine of the type described, provided with my improved operating mechanism. Fig; 2 is a top plan vienY of the same. 3 is a view in side elevation thereof as looked at toward the face of the iiy wheel which is. shown in dotted lines. Fig. 4 is a view on an enlarged scale of a vertical section through apart of the mechanism taken Fig. 5 is a view representing a vertical section through Fig. 4 in the plane indicated by line-5-5 thereof.

Referring more in detail to that embodiment of my invention illustrated in the accompanying drawings, 6 indicates a support which in this case is an ordinary* washing machine tub having the usual supporting legs 7. ASaid tub is provided with a lid 8 Specification of Letterslatent.

which is hinged 4to the stationary top. wall9l of the'tub body.

10 indicates an uprightl operating shaft,.

capable of both a longitudinal and of a rotary reciprocation. Said 'shaft'y depends vertically through the hinged lid 8 into the interiorof the' tub body' 6 and then hasix'ed tub lid 8 and' o'fan upright overha'n g .standard 1 4. The overhanging part-o the Patented Sept. 21, 1.915. v Application ledieceniber 10 1914. Serial No. 876,430. i

.60, to its lower end a pounder 11 of familiar Sa-nda'l'd. '14 and that part ofthe base plate" vertically below it have suitable alned bear'- l mg apertures through which the shaft 10 extends, so as to be capable of both vertical and rotary reciprocating fmove'ment therein;

In the plane of the upright shaft 13-and i extending at rightangles thereto is -lo'cailed'l a horizontal shaft 15, theinner endof whichA terminates adjacent the upright .shaft- 10.

Said shaft 15 is rotatively mounted inter#v mediate its ends in bearings formedin 'the upper' ends' of spaced apart arms or stanfdards- I6 `1n a manner preventing endwise movement therethrough, said arms being made integral with-the base plate 17 fixed i the hinged lidA 8. l i

Fixed to the Outer end of said 'shaft 15 is a spur gear 1.8 to which is imparted a co-V tinuo-us rotary movement by means 'of a link 19 and a rockin on' a bracket 21 X96. to the side of thel tub vbody 10. The gear 18 meshes with-a smaller gear 22 fixed to the shaft 23 which extends parallel with the shaft 15'but in a lanebelow and to one side .of said. sha shaft 1 8 is rotatively mounted `in bearings 24e-24 made inte al with the base plate '17 before mentionelfT adjacent` the stationary top 9 of the tub. 25 indicates fly wheel fixed to the outer end of the shaii 23. It is apparent that oscillation of the rocking said hand lever 2O ulcrumed hand lever 20 will impart a continuous rotary movement to the gear 18 and to the ily wheel 25 'which will acquire momentum thus facilitating the operation'uorthe mechanism.

A means is interposed between the continuously rotating horizontal shaft 15, and the upright rotary and vertical reciprocating operating shaft 10 whereby the movement 0f the first .mentioned shaft is transposed into the movement of the second mentioned shaft.

Such means is as follows: 30 indicates an arm which is fixed to-the upright operating shaftl() intermediate the bearing apera whole by the numeral 33. Said crank arm Vis-made in two parts or sections 311-34 and thenpper end of each section is arranged. t to engage against each of the flattened sides- 4tures in the overhanging p art of the standard 14 and the base late 13. Said arm .moves with the sha ,10' and extends radially thereof into the vicinity of the inner 10 end o f the horizontal shaft 15, where'it is provided with ,a spherical head31. A. part of the inner end of said shaft 15 is provided with diametrically opposite flattened sides 32. To the flattened sides .of said shaft is pivotally attached a crank arm indicated as 32-32 of the shaft 15. A pivot pin or rivet 35 extends through suitable apertures formed in the flattened end of said shaft tions 34:-34'of the crank arm inproperrela-v and the upper ends'o-f said sections 3l-34. It is thus apparent that the crank arm 33 rotates with theshaft 15 but is capable of anoscillating movement thereon in the plane4 of the longitudinal axis of said shaft. The lower end of' each part or section 34 of the crank arm- 33' is provided withs herical bearing sockets 364-36 which when t e parts are in assembled osition embrace and con` iine the spherical eadl 3 1 of the arm 30 before mentioned. To maintain the two sective position after the partshave been assembled, said sections are riveted together at a point intermediate their ends as indicated at 38: That part of each section 3ft-in .which is located the spherical bearing sockets 36 is cut away on their adjoining edges as at 40,.

toward the shaft 10 so as to provide for the movement of the reduced part 30 of the arm 30 adjacent the spheric head 31.

. It is apparent that as the shaft 15 is rotated the crank arm 33 will rotate therewith and impart an up and down movement to the arm 30 fixed to the upright operating shaft .tached together in a 4planes of the flattene of 'said uprightlshaft and also 4determines the length` of the arc through whichsaid shaft 10 is rotated.

' It' manifest thatin my improved gearing the binding in the connection between the crank arm and the operating shaft which is inherent in many of the prior gearings of t-he general type of that disclosed herein is entirely eliminated, as the balland socket connection between the arm 30 and the crank arm revents all possibility of such binding. In a dition the connections between the continuously rotating shaft and the operating shaft comprise few parts of simple construe? tion which makes for economy'in the manufacture of the gearing.

I claim as my invention: v

A aringof the lnddescribed, comprising t e combination -of an Voperating shaft capable of both vertical reciprocating movement and alternatin rotary movement, a continuousl rotatab e horizonal shaft in the. plane o said operating shaft, the end of said horizontal shaft adjacent the o erating shaft being flattened at diametrical y opposite sidesfa crank arm pivoted to the flattened end of said horizontal shaft and capable of oscillating movement toward and lfrom said operating shaft, said crank arm comprising two sect1ons adapted to be atlane parallel to the d) sides of said shaft, said sections bein-g constructed to form, when so attached, a'spherical socket at one end of saidarm and a fork at the other end thereof, and a horizontal radial arm fixed t0 said operatinglshaft, said arm having at its free end a sp erical head bearing in the spherical socket of said crank arm.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my invention I aiiix my signature inthe presence of ,two witnesses, this twenty-first day of October, A. D. 1914. 4

WILLIAM H. GEORGE.

Witnesses:

L. O.. Gamas, CARL DamnLsoN. 

